reveal answer at the center of the debate on police reform. do you believe there is systemic racism in law enforcement? an update in the case of two missing idaho children, human remains found on the stepdad's property. he's taken away in handcuffs. tonight, the latest details. out of the i.c.u.: but protester who was pushed by buffalo police is still in the hospital. yet president is attacking the 75-year-old. and tonight, we end with the story of a minnesota police officer who took a knee and cried with protesters. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from houston. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us tonight from houston where george floyd will be laid to rest next to his mother. after an emotional service today at the fountain of praise church

just right behind me. there was a stunning outpouring in the streets here late today as a horse-drawn carriage carried floyd's body to the cemetery after his memorial. hundred of mourners came to this church in the blazing texas heat to remember floyd, whose death in police custody in minneapolis set off nationwide protests. and tonight is galvanizing the country around issuees of race and excessive force by police. that includes here in houston, where the city's mayor vowed during today's service to sign an executive order banning police choke holds. tonight, cbs news has new reporting on the officer who held george floyd's neck down for nearly nine minutes. cbs' jeff pegues has learned that officer derek chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder, knew floyd and that they had a history of not getting along. plus, there's more of my exclusive interview with former vice president joe biden and whether george floyd's death has changed what he's looking for in a running mate. well, there's a lot of news to

get to tonight, and we have a team of correspondents covering it all. cbs' michelle miller is going to lead up our coverage here in houston. and, michelle, this was a powerful service today. >> reporter: powerful, indeed. we have to tell you this was an invitation-only celebration of family, close friends, and dignitaries. but there were still scores of people outside watching the funeral livestreamed on their phones, handing out water to stay cool in this record-break heat, all to feel a connection with what was going on inside. with a salute from officers, george floyd's casket was carried to the celebration of his life. ♪ ♪ and final goodbye. floyd's family, who knew him best, talked about their brother, nephew, and uncle, and opened up about their pain. >> i thank god for giving me-- giving me my own personal super man, thank you. >> reporter: reflecting on his

final moment which has become a global movement. >> as long as i'm breathing, justice will be served. i believe my grssments right there with open arms saying, "come home, baby. you shouldn't feel this pain." >> reporter: there were songs of change, first a one-time anthem for the civil rights movement, echoed through the hall. ♪ but forever... >> reporter: then a tribute by singer neyo, who said floyd changed the world. vice president joe biden, presumptive democratic nominee for president, spoke by video message about conversations he'd had with floyd's six-year-old daughter, gianna. >> why in this nation, too many black americans, wake up knowing they could lose their life in the course of just living their life. >> reporter: members of congress and oscar-winning actor, jamie foxx, were there among the 500 invited guests to listen to the eulogy given by the reverend al sharpton.

>> lives like george will not matter until somebody pays the cost for taking their lives. >> reporter: taken by horse-drawn carriage through the final mile to the burial site, where he'll lay next to the mother he cried out for with his final breath. within that four-hour-long ceremony, we watched not just the family of george floyd inside the sanctuary, but the families of trayvon martin, eric gardner, and ahmaud arbery, who say they will work to stop these killings, norah, from ever happening again. >> o'donnell: michelle miller, nice to see you here in houston. thank you, michelle. and as mourners here in houston honor the life of george floyd, in minneapolis tonight, cbs niews is learning new details about the former police officer charged in his death. a coworker tells cbs news the two men worked together at a nightclub, and he says they had a histgeing along. cbs' jeff pegues is in minneapolis tonight with that

new reporting. jeff. >> reporter: norah, george floyd died here, and that's why you still have this massive memorial filling this intersection behind me. and even in the rain, people are coming out to see sow that t victi thice and the officer at the center of the investigation crossed paths in another location, too, a nightclub. tonight, cbs news is learning new information about george floyd and derek chauvin from a man who worked security with both of them at this nightclub in minneapolis. coworker david pinney is break his silence, telling us that the two men had a history. what kind of history? >> they bumped heads. >> reporter: how? >> it has a lot to do with-- with derek being extremely aggressive within the club with some of the patrons, which-- which is-- qhfs an issue. >> reporter: the floyd family says it believes what happened on may 25 was in part personal.

is there any doubt in your mind that derek chauvin knew george floyd? >> no. he knew him. >> reporter: how well? >> we interface with officers. >> reporte h ow hi>>i uld tty wewnthch ub, described how chaun treated black patrons. when she talked to us for the upcoming cbs news special "justice for all." do you think derek had a problem with black people? >> i think he was afraid and intimidated. >> reporter: by black folks. >> yeah. >> reporter: as the investigation continues, other cities across the country are considering police reforms. today, new york governor andrew cuomo said that he would support sweeping reform measures in his state, including a ban on police choke holds. >> it's not just the moment to express outrage. it's a moment to do something about it and to make real reform and real change. >> reporter: city officials here in minneapolis are discussing the possibility of

defunding or dismantling the police department here. but even those who are in support of this idea still don't know exactly what that means at this time. norah. >> o'donnell: jeff pegues, thank you. 165 miles northwest of here in austin, texas, video has surfaced of a deadly encounter between sheriffs deputies and an african american man who was repeatedly tased by telling officers he couldn't breathe. the horrifying scene was recorded for a cable network police show, and we warn you: the video is disturbing. cbs' mireya villarreal reports tonight from the texas capital. >> reporter: police body cam footage released by the austin police department shows deputies from the williamson county sheriff's office pursuing 40-year-old javier ambler, during a 22-minute chase that included five crashes. this incident took place in march 2019. the deputies struggled with

ambler, a black man, for several minutes, tasing him several times. as they tried to hand cuft former college football player who repeatedly told officers he couldn't breathe. when ambler lost consciousness, cerstarted performing crchec.p.r. for four minute. ambler's death was ruled a homicide by the state's attorney general's office, which also noticed that it was justifiable homicide. travis county district attorney margaret moore says her office's investigation into ambler's death is being fought by the williamson county sheriff's office. >> it cries out for justice. it's extremely offensive. all the circumstances surrounding it are very troug.liamso county sheriff's department would not comment specifically about the ambler case because they say it is still under investigation, but they wanted to clear up what they call misleading statements made by the traffic county district attorney. they say they have fully

cooperated with this investigation, and they are calling on that reality show television program to release their footage of this incident. norah. >> o'donnell: really disturbing to see that, mireya, thank you. as the country grapples with race and policing, members of the cabinet say they are not concerned that racism is engrained in law enforcement. as part of our exclusive interview for tonight's cbs special "justice for all," we asked former vice president joe biden his thoughts. do you believe there is systemic racism in law enforcement? >> absolutely. it's not just in law enforcement. it's across the board. it's in housing. it's in education. it's in everything we do. it's real. it's genuine. it's serious. look, not all law enforcement officers are racist. my lord, there are some really good, good cops out there. but the way in which it works right now, we've seen too many examples of it. >> o'donnell: mr. vice president, you said you will announce your choice for vice

president around august 1. have the last two weeks affected how you will make that decision and who you will choose? >> no, they haven't, except it's put a greater focus on urgency on the need to get someone who is tetlely simpatico with where i am. the one thing that i've learned knowing a fair amount about the vice presidency, and it's really important that whom ever you pick as a vice president agrees with you in terms of your philosophy of government and agrees with you on the systemic things that you want to change and is, in fact, going to be able to be someone who is not at all intimidated by the president, not at all intimidated working in the white house, and is going to be prepared to give their unvarnished opinion and be able to privately argue with the president if they disagree. i want someone strong. i want someone strong and someone who is ready to be president on day one. >> o'donnell: there is more of our interview with joe biden and his proposed police reforms in

our cbs news prime-time special "justice for all." it's anchored by gayle king. that is tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central, right here on cbs. today, president trump had no public events but he did tweet an attack against a 75-year-old protester, and that tonight is drawing strong criticism from democrats, as well as republican mitt romney who called it shock. cbs' weijia jiang reports tonight from the white house. >> reporter: tonight, 75-year-old martin gugino is still recovering in the hospital after two buffalo police officers shoved him last thursday. gug fell to the ground, blood flowed from his ears. but president trump is claiming it may have been an act. this morning, the president pushed a conspiracy theory without evidence suggesting gugino could be an antifa provocateur, who appeared to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. the president added, "i watched. he fell harder than was pushed.

could be a setup?" >> it's all made pup it's all fabricated. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo said there's no reason to doubt gugino, who is a peace activist and has been praised for his work with the poor. cuomo slammed the president. >> at this moment of anguish and anger, what does he do? pours gasoline on the fire. >> reporter: do you have any response to the president's tweet this morning? >> reporter: on capitol hill, several republicans tried to avoid commenting on mr. trump's claims. utah's mitt romney, a frequent critic of president trump, did say this: >> it was a shocking thing to say, and i won't dignify it with any further comment. >> reporter: president trump has not said what if any police reforms he would support, but today, his chief of staff, mark meadows, and adviser jared kushner met with republican lawmakers to talk about probablies. meadows says the president would like to take action sooner than

later but has no time frame. norah. >> o'donnell: weijia jiang at the white house. thank you. today, voters in georgia were met with long lines and confusion at polling place as i they tried to cast ball otsz in the state's primary elections. there are already calls for investigations while the mayor of atlanta is warning this could be a preview of the general election in november. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: from the air, you could see long lines of georgia voters, socially distanced, stretching through parking lots. thousands waited hours, to cast ballots, and frustration was evident. >> please, god, help us! >> reporter: georgia, a key battleground stayed statein november, had rescheduled its primary twice because of the coronavirus pandemic. health concerns kept many longtime poll workers from showing up today, leaving inexperienced volunteers to run new voting machines for the first time. >> we're just being told it's a situation with the machinery. >> i don't think it's the new machines. i do think that there is systemic disenfranchisement of specific communities. >> reporter: n.b.a. great

lebron james called the voting problems "structurally racist." georgia has a history of voter suppression and some had to show up in person today because their requests for an absentee ballot weren't fulfilled. >> you can't blame anyone else on our lack of processing these applications. that's-- that's on us. >> reporter: republican lawmakers and the secretary of state said they'll investigate. can you guarantee voters of georgia that this won't happen again in november? >> we're going to work hard on getting the information out. we've had great results. about a handful that just, you know, have had some major failures today. >> reporter: ed o'keefe, cbs news, washington. >> o'donnell: and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." a possible break in the case of two missing children in idaho: human remains found on their stepfather's property. well, he's now in custody and what police are saying tonight. later, a black officer tells us why he identifies with those on both sides of the protest line and what needs to change in

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officer. he was 12 years old, waiting for the school but bus, when a white officer pulled up. >> the whole entire bus stop was black. he searched every single one of us, and so i took it upon myself to try to make a difference for my people. >> reporter: those memories flooded back to him last week as he stood among the protesters in front of the governor's mansion. the crowd yelled for the police to leave. >> you can't come in here. you're not welcome. >> reporter: a news reporter caught densen, in the light-blue shirt, on one knee, crying. >> i told him, i can't take my skin off, you know. obviously, i can take this uniform off, but i can't take-- i'm a black man. >> reporter: it was in this instance, officer denson says he felt the pressure of being a black man in a police uniform. >> you know, i have family members that could have been george floyd. and just because i'm a police officer, i'm a black police officer, does not define who i am. >> reporter: but it does

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this is the "cbs overnight news." i'm chip reid reporting from the cbs studios in washington. thanks for staying with us. now that george floyd has been laid to rest people are grappling with ways to rein in their police departments. the police department voted to ban chokeholds as a part of a package of police reforms under consideration. we smoke to black officers around the nation. errol barnett has more. >> reporter: she said she was called anti-cop by' white

colleague by suggesting that they should be held accountable. the that's one example of the emotional tightrope officers of color must overcome. what does it feel to be an officer of color at a moment like this? lieutenant gracia herdsman has been with the nypd for 28 years. >> the protest, people stood in front of me and they're like, how do you feel being black and knowing what's happening? do you believe in protests? and i was like yes, i believe it's your right to protest peacefully. >> reporter: law enforcement officials like her are trying to find a balance between their duty to their jobs and their identity as black americans. fayetteville north carolina police chief. >> i was excited to be able to say i want to be a part of the protest. lt i want to walk with the community. and then we have the violence

come up. i had to do my job, which is protect the community. >> reporter: sergeant jamie jones is with the decatur police department in alabama. 130 people are on the force, 19 of them are black. >> i think if you don't study one's culture or no someone else's background that you're dealing with, you can see them as a threat when they're not a threat. >> reporter: do you think that happens? i believe that does happen. there have been times when i've been out of uniform where i have been treated differently. i keep those stories at home or away from work. >> reporter: when you're not in uniform in town, are you ever concerned for your safety? >> out of uniform, i'm just another guy. i'm a black man first. all right. and if they have any issues with, you know, the black race or what they see on tv, then they may feel threatened a little bit by just the sight of me or being in close proximity

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